Here's Your Trophy - RTOTD #859

Day 859

Some Texas highschool football team beat another team 91-0. What do you think the response to this was?

A parent of the losing team filed a "bullying" complaint with the district. I'm not joking. Needless to say, the charges were dropped and rightfully so. They had no merit.

I would say that I have no words, but well... come on. This is me we're talking about. I always have words for something that amuses me.

Have we really reached the point where getting your ass beat in sports is a "bullying" accusation? Are we really that much of a load of pussies in this society anymore that sports are now a source of bullying? When they snapped the ball and ran it and got into the open field on every 3rd play with a clear track for the endzone, were they just supposed to sit down and wait to be tackled because it would be nicer for the other team? Would kneeling down and letting yourself go 3-and-out every possession after it was 49-0 so the other team got a chance be better for their self-esteem?  Maybe mix up the teams and let them split the talent, because the other guys obviously suck and even if you let them score, they'd find a way to fuck it up. Maybe some own-goal type shit? Would patronizing them make them feel better?

Hey, I mean... we all knew there were those couple *cough* most *cough* guys on the football team in highschool that were pretty big douchebags. But if you're playing competitive sports at any level, you gotta sack the fuck up and learn to live with an ass beating. Even one of epic proportions.

And this is also why parents are horrible human beings that need to be tested before they're allowed anywhere near their kids sporting events. This should be the litmus test for that. I'll even make it multiple-choice:

"If your kids team gets handed a beating that would make the Old-Testament God envious of its severity, would you:
A) just tell them to quit after they stop crying because overcoming difficulty isn't a useful life lesson
B) give the kid a participation trophy
C) console them for a few minutes & then tell them to work harder so they never have to feel that kind of beating again or
D) complain to the school district that it's not fair and hurt his self esteem"

If you answer anything other than C, you're not allowed to be there anymore. Period.

Participation trophies. No keeping score. Equal playing time for everyone. Charges filed when you win too convincingly. Or pretty much any of that touchy-feely bullshit. Can we find the people that started this shit and beat them with sacks filled with pennies?

The world is filled with that asshat highschool football player that tries to bully anyone that crosses their path that day. Deal with it. And that does not include going Columbine on them or crying to your mommy, daddy and teachers. Man the fuck up. Girls and boys get pushed around by other people all the time. You're not going to change them. You're just going to end up looking like a whiny bitch. You're going to lose at a game. You're sometimes going to get your ass beat at something so bad that Rodney King would think he got off easy. You're not a delicate special fucking snowflake and the sooner you learn that, the sooner you're going to learn how to exist in the world.

Except me. I'm a super special fucking snowflake that's specialer than the specialest special snowflake ever made. So when I bully you or insult you or make you look like you don't even belong in the same room as me, just remember it's because I have the right. I'm just better than you.